- Proof
- 111
- Age
- Not stated
- Style
- BourbonKentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
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“A 2026 Pinhook micro-blend of a few hand-chosen barrels of its own Castle & Key distillate.”
Tasting notes
- nose
- toffee, cherry and orange zest over honeyed apple, pear and vanilla cream
- palate
- cherry pie filling, caramel and butterscotch with baked peach, black pepper and a little leather
- finish
- long; brown sugar, peach cobbler and light tobacco with drying oak spice
Mash bill
- Corn75%
- Rye15%
- Malted barley10%
Pinhook's house bourbon recipe, distilled to its own specification at Castle & Key, is 75% corn, 15% rye and 10% malted barley, a classic moderate-rye mash that leans on corn sweetness with enough rye for spice.
- Cask
- New charred oak
- Best served
- neat or with a few drops of water
Why it's craft
Pinhook does not own a distillery. Since 2017 it has had Castle & Key, in the restored Old Taylor Distillery in Frankfort, distill its own bourbon and rye mash bills, and True Small Batch is its annual program that blends only a few of those barrels at a time. The proof is set by the blend rather than a fixed house strength. Master blender Sean Josephs and a selecting group choose the barrels.
Pinhook
Independent · Est. 2011